Example sentences of "the fact that [pron] [noun] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the fact that their competition did not reverse what all scholars agree to be a distinct , if modest , improvement in all but the environmental conditions of the working classes suggests the scale and impetus of economic expansion . |
| 2 | Mr Smith believes it lies in treating the educated public as reasonable people and facing up to the fact that their expectations do need satisfying . |
| 3 | In the 1940s wives were still bitterly resentful of the fact that their husbands did not seem to realise that they needed leisure . |
| 4 | We may choose a professional sports person as our referent and bemoan the fact that our salaries do not compare despite the fact that we may have as much talent in our chosen fields . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ I was very pleased at the way I ran because despite the fact that my training did not go so well I was only five minutes behind my best ever time . |
| 6 | Although Taylor was carrying out his research at the beginning of the century and despite the fact that his conclusions did not meet with the universal approval of either the workers or the management he left an important legacy which later theorists built upon : |